Music at Gioia House

Music at Gioia House (Curricular)

Curriculum Choral – Gioia House Choir

With our Gala performance repertoire as the vehicle for learning, Curriculum Choral time is supporting students as they apply the score reading skills they are learning in class, in addition to building necessary foundations for healthy choral singing. Students are learning choral ensemble skills such as blend, placement of sound for beauty of tone, phrasing, and singing for expression, as they apply dynamics and other markings offered by composers. We continue to lean into the important aspects of performance and stagecraft that will support us when we stand on the Town Hall stage in six weeks time! We can’t wait to show our community what we have been learning.

Curriculum Instrumental – Gioia House Strings

Gioia House Strings continue to build their exciting momentum towards their featured performance at the Gala Concert to be held on 25 June 2024. 

Curriculum Instrumental – Band ‘Mini Maestros’

Years 5 and 6 spent Term 1 in their instrument groups. For Year 5 it was the first time some of them had ever played an instrument. For Year 6, it was a term to remember what they had learned the previous year and to build on what they already know. This term, the Gioia House Mini Maestros program aims to develop the ensemble skills of each of our Gioia House Mini Maestros through the introduction of our Concert Band sessions.

In Week 2, the Year 5 Mini Maestros had their very first band session, finally putting into practice what they had been learning. This was the first time that many of the students had ever played in a large ensemble. They are learning what it means to be part of a music team, which shares many similarities to a sports team or a dance team. Through the band program, they develop their listening, watching, and performance skills.

Year 6 students have continued their strong start to the year as they also focus on their large ensemble skills. They are practising and playing more difficult repertoire. At the end of 2023, the Mini Maestros program introduced an extension ensemble affectionately nicknamed the ‘Mega Maestros’. This extension group is targeted toward students wanting to take that extra step in challenging themselves on their instrument with the aim of then graduating into our College Concert Band.  

Jameson Choe & Veronica Tsang
Acting Heads of Curricular Music 5-12

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